STATUTORY RULES.
1943. No. 250.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903–1941.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903–1941.
Dated this Twenty-ninth day of September, 1943.
(SGD.) GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for the Army.
Amendments of the Australian Military (Places of Detention) Regulations, †
Definitions.
1. Regulation 2 of the Australian Military (Places of Detention) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the definition of “proper authority” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—
“‘proper authority’ means, in relation to a detention barrack or military prison, the Commander of the Lines of Communication Area in which the detention barrack or military prison, as the case may be, is situated;”; and
(b) by omitting from the definition of “soldier temporarily committed for safe keeping” the figures “1939” and inserting in their stead the figures “1941”.
The Commandant.
2. Regulation 4 of the Australian Military (Places of Detention) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “of the Australian Army Provost Corps”.
Soldier temporarily committed for safe keeping.
3. Regulations 9, 21, 23, 24, 27 and 28 of the Australian Military (Places of Detention) Regulations are amended by inserting therein, after the words “soldier under sentence” (wherever occurring), the words “or temporarily committed for safe keeping”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1943.
† Statutory Rules 1940, No. 58, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, No. 165.
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Power of Commandant to deal with offences.
4. Regulation 22 of the Australian Military (Places of Detention) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting after the words “soldier under sentence” the words “or temporarily committed for safe custody”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “any one or more of the following punishments” and inserting in their stead the words “such one or more of the following punishments as he considers appropriate”.
Punishments for offences—Board of Visitors.
5. Regulation 25 of the Australian Military (Places of Detention) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting, after the words “soldier under sentence”, the words “or temporarily committed for safe custody”; and
(b) by omitting the words “any one or more of the following punishments” and inserting in their stead the words “such one or more of the following punishments as it considers appropriate”.
Punishment generally.
6. Regulation 26 of the Australian Military (Places of Detention) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting, after the words “soldier under sentence” (wherever occurring), the words “or temporarily committed for safe keeping”; and
(b) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the word “in”, the words “the Defence Act 1903–1941, the Australian Military Regulations or”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.